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June, 2009 Mom is here; All is well.September, 2008 Welcome to Our Web Site：September, 2008 The Art of...Coming soon is our first wedding anniversary.
It's been a great year, and it feels good to take care of each other.
About three weeks ago, we attended Elaine and Hwa's wedding.
Our hearts were touched by the beautiful scene.
Our souls were touched by this poem read in the ceremony,
as it reminds us, a good marriage, just like any good relationship, must be cultivated.
May, 2008 You'll never know unless you try.You'll never know unless you try. 我昨天试着给公司写信，结果今天HR回信说公司愿意捐一笔钱， I'm thrilled!! Red Cross真的可信么？ 有人说会留大部分portion给organization本身, 小部分去中国，是真的吗？
From:
Hi Michelle,
Thank you for your email.
We do have a contingency fund for purposes such as diaster relief. We are currently looking into the options available. Please let me know if you have any specific recommendations for how RTI might be able to support relief efforts in China.
Thanks!
Jennifer
绵薄之力谢谢Ameo的建议，今天在公司的Classifieds上发了fund raising广告，用的是她的template.
回家以后打算把print-out放在小区的信箱旁边， 我觉得开邻居信箱应该是不合法的，插在旁边缝隙应该可以的。我写了另一个版本，觉得call for public donation需要更多persuasion, 还选了张我觉得很震撼的照片，不知道他们会不会觉得disturbing, 特别是家里有小孩子看到的话。
Another template： You probably heard about the devastating earthquake in China on 5/12. Millions of people lost their family members and homes overnight. Death toll is reaching 50, 000 today, 5/15.
In the picture: thousands of children's bodies remain buried in the debris of devastated buildings. March, 2008 春天来了。心中充满爱。好Q好温馨的故事，
我想，當你很爱一個人的時候，就会想把这种感觉描述出來吧。
春天来了，让我们心中充满爱。
顺便想说，第一幅画好熟悉。
真象我们的寻常夜晚。
Yuhua睡觉前想在床上看一会儿书，
Yu紧紧抓著他的宽耳朵，她要Yuhua好好的听他說。
不知道为什么，睡覺前Yu总是思维格外活跃，
最常说的一句是「亲爱的，我有个idea。」
听完一个又一个，Yuhua坚持不住了，
说「亲爱的，你想太多了。我们睡吧。」并合上了没看的书。
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 小兔子要上床睡覺了，他緊緊抓著大兔子的長耳朵。
他要大兔子好好的聽他說。  「猜猜我有多愛你。」
「噢，我大概猜不出來。」大兔子說。 「我愛你這麼多。」小兔子把手臂張開，開得不能再開。  大兔子有一雙更長的手臂，他張開來一比，說：「可是，我愛你這麼多。」
小兔子想：嗯，這真的很多。 小兔子又有一個好主意。他把腳頂在樹幹上，倒立起來了。
他說：「我愛你到我的腳趾頭這麼多。」  大兔子把小兔子拋起來，飛得比他的頭還高，
說：「我愛你到你的腳趾頭那麼多。」  小兔子笑起來了，說：「我愛你，像我跳的這麼高，高得不能再高。」
他跳過來又跳過去。 大兔子笑著說：「可是，我愛你，像我跳的這麼高，高得不能再高。」
他往上一跳，耳朵都跳到樹枝了。 跳得真高，小兔子想。真希望我也可以跳得像他一樣高。 小兔子大叫：「我愛你，一真到過了小路，在遠遠的河那邊。」 大兔子說：「我愛你，一真到過了小河，越過山的那一邊。」 小兔子想，那真的好遠。他開始睏了，想不出來了。  他看著樹叢後面那一大片的黑夜。沒有任何東西比天空更遠的了。
小兔子閉上了眼睛說：「我愛你，從這裡一直到月亮。」 「噢！那麼遠，」大兔子說，「真的非常遠、非常遠。」 大兔子輕輕地把小兔子放在葉子鋪成的床上， 低下頭來親親他，祝他晚安。  然後，大兔子躺在小兔子的旁邊，小聲的微笑著說： 「我愛你從這裡一直到月亮，再──繞回來。」 July, 2007 Our StoryJourney began as did the adventure in the fall of 2003. We took the same flight from China to the US and went to the same school, Syracuse University. We spent a lot of time together and got to know each other pretty well. We shared excitement, and sometimes frustration from new life in this country. The connection we had, it was unexplainable. But nothing was said about 'dating'. Time went on as did life. Both of us were full of pride, and both of us at times tried to hide. But what happened is, the love just came through. In our heart of hearts we know for sure, that we share a love so pure. There are too many memories, precious moments and wonderful times...4 years later, here we are, about to embark on what we both know will be one of the most exciting chapters in our life.
Groom's Story:
My Valentine - By Yu
I'm trying to think how I was firstly attracted by Yuhua... he is funny and sweet, and very smart. Being with him filled me with joy and so much fun. We hanged out and had fun, but we rarely talked about the future. I was frustrated by the feeling of uncertainty. As time went on, love grew, and the connection between us became incredibly strong. I finally got the courage to trust him. Looking back, there had been no reason to doubt. Today's Yuhua is growing into everything I thinks a man should be. I can't tell how many times he makes me feel how beautiful life is to be loved by someone and to love. Even if everything else falls apart, he is there. And these I will call blessings. Now I know for sure that he is the man I want to grow old with, and be with always.
Bride's Story:
A Girl Who Makes My Life Complete- By Yuhua
Yu is a typical and atypical girl. She is delicate like a flower, sensitive like a cat, and sometimes fragile like a baby. Thanks to her literature background, she seems to have extra sensitivity to beauty and colors. In fact, the first impression she gave me was like a poet, or an elf who only sings and praises the beautiful side of the world day and night. But I was not exactly right. She is much more than that. She is such a humble friend to be with. She is so thoughtful, caring, warm-hearted and passionate about the life. We had so many enjoyable times together as students in Syracuse. As we spent more time together, I started to think of her as a great gift that completes myself. As a technical geek. my life becomes so much more fun and colorful because of her. And this great happiness comes to me so effortlessly that I have to believe I must be blessed. I'm blessed to have met her and be with her and for this I'll treasure her like my own life. These 3 years are my happiest time. As we are just about to celebrate our 3-year anniversary of starting relation in the coming August, we will tight the knot soon and spend the rest of our lives together. This time I am exactly right, and it's the wisest decision I made throughout my life. June, 2007 这个父亲节...父亲节过去一个星期了，我还是常常想起爸爸。
我最近常常想起爸爸，因为三个月后， 爸爸会领我走进wedding chapel， 把我交给另一人。
我在大学二年级的时候，参加过一个婚礼，回来以后写了一小段日记：
~~~~~~~~~~~ 观婚礼
乐曲奏响，穿黑色礼服的父亲领着披着婚纱的女儿缓缓地走上来，父亲眼中的泪光映着女儿的喜悦。 我在想，假如我婚礼那天，爸爸会有怎样一种表情？ 他的目光会有一些迷离，会不让我发现他在注视什么，会在几乎无法控制的时候转身走开，又会在平静下来时重新面对我。当然还有种种料想不到的可能。
父亲是家庭中坚强和宽容的标本，感情深藏于具体而微的日常生活中，他的深沉的爱，与母亲不同，也许会泄露在婚礼的那一天。 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
家让我最眷恋的地方，除了温暖，还有爸爸给我和妈妈带来的安全感。
始终觉得，我今天的幸福，与那种安全感有关。
今天仍旧在想，婚礼那天，爸爸会有怎样一种表情？ October, 2006 小说家的两种男人我有一个朋友爱写小说 爱上她的男人， 她爱过却分开的男人， 大概会说：“你不会把我写进你的小说里吧？” April, 2006 Lost in Long DistanceI hadn't talked with my family for more than three weeks. We've been kept trying to catch each other online these days. We live twelve hours apart and for some reason I always have difficulty finding the time to get together and just enjoy it. We are far apart in distance that we’ve never truly been at the same point in our daily life. I am starting a busy day at work when they get back from work. They are having meetings or teaching when I establish calls at night. I am shopping in noisy places when they want a talk. They are visiting old friends when I am in the mood.
February, 2006 Day of LoveValentine's Day is all about cholocates, flowers, candles, jewellery, desserts and everything sweet. Looking around, gift shops, shopping malls, TV Commerials, grocery stores, restaurants, and everywhere else. My company was holding annual Valentine's social event and offering "sweet treats" at Cafeteria, lobbies and hallways all day.
We've spent more than two hours driving around to find a parking place and waiting on the line at the restaurant. The Day of Love is being defined by all these fancy stuff and commercial interests. It was so fun and sweet if we spend the day, or even just the dinner with loved ones. But how if we have to be alone, not having the significant other or a close friend with whom to celebrate? Valentine's Day is disheartening. So often, holidays come with homesickness and empties. Holidays bring back memories of young love and all gone romance.
There are so many ways to celebrate the Day of Love. Buy yourself cholocate hearts and light candles, or stay in your cozy bed quitely and do nothing as it makes you feel good, or take a walk and see each person with fresh eyes -- Unlocking the door to our own self-love can also open many other doors for ourselves and others.
A true celebration of love can be so much more than an obligatory sharing of champagne, candlelight dinners, or chocolate hearts, and this celebration of love doesn’t require anything more than the depths and richness of your own sweet heart.
February, 2006 February RomanceI Wish You Love
小野リサ
I wish you love
I wish you bluebirds in the spring
To give your heart a song to sing
I wish you health
And more than wealth
I wish you love
And in July a lemonade
To cool you in some leafy glade
I wish you health
And more than wealth
I wish you love
My breaking heart and I agree
That you and I could never be
So with my best
My very best
I set you free
I wish you shelter from the storm
And a cozy fire to keep you warm
And most of all
When snowflakes fall
I wish you love
February, 2006 Februrary RomanceLove
by Roy Croft
I love you,
Not only for what you are, But for what I am When I am with you. I love you,
Not only for what You have made of yourself, But for what You are making of me. I love you
For the part of me That you bring out; I love you For putting your hand Into my heaped-up heart And passing over All the foolish, weak things That you can’t help Dimly seeing there, And for drawing out Into the light All the beautiful belongings That no one else had looked Quite far enough to find. I love you because you
Are helping me to make Of the lumber of my life Not a tavern But a temple; Out of the works Of my every day Not a reproach But a song. I love you Because you have done More than any creed Could have done To make me good And more than any fate Could have done To make me happy. You have done it Without a touch, Without a word, Without a sign. You have done it By being yourself. Perhaps that is what Being a friend means, After all. February, 2006 ELLE: How To Be Single <1>1. Give thanks that you are single.
Falling in love is sublime, and making a commitment can be profoundly satisfying. But even the best of relationships requires sacrifice--and being in a rotten one can suck all the sweetness out of life. It is true that if you are single, you are not currently experiencing the cocaine high that is first flush of love--but you are also not going through the doldrums of a stale coupling or the incessant root canal of a contentious marrige. Once I stopped pining for what I didn't have, I found so much to be grateful for in my life as it was. As the great philosopher Sheryl Crow put it, "It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got." ELLE: How To Be Single <2>2. If you build it, he will come.
Stop trying to make men like you. You can't do it. Either they will or they won't. Instead, spend your time making you like you. I actually made a list of things I wanted to accomplish in life, changes that mattered to me. I wanted to get my insomnia under control, write a novel, save money to buy an apartment with an elvator. I wanted to learn to do a back bend in yoga from a standing position and then, from that back bend, stand back up again. Last I checked, none of these things was on Cosmo magazine list of man-catching moves (except maybe the back bend thing...). But working toward these goals--and even achieving some--made me more confident and engaged in my life and the world. And who knows, maybe that did make me more attractive to men. Probably not. But at least I wasn't wasting my energy getting blow-outs and reading books about how maybe he just wasn't that into me. February, 2006 ELLE: How To Be Single <3>3. Make peace with your cat-lady scenario.
After my epiphany on the stairs, I spent some time imagining a life without a partner--but this time, instead of the tear-jerking house-dress-and-cats tragedy, I played it more for laughs and applause. Maybe I'll move to Pairs, I thought. Maybe my novel will become a best-seller and I'll be rich. Maybe I'll have outrageous affairs. Maybe I'll go work for the World Food Programme and help end hunger. I realized that most of the coolest scenarios for my future were actually more likely to happen if I didn't get married. Of course, I also knew that chances were slim that any of these possibilities would come to pass. Most probably, I would meet someone, marry, have 2.3 kids, and live a fairly unremarkable life. ELLE: How To Be Single <4>4. Be scientific.
Love is magical, it's a mystery, it's fate. Whatever. It's biology. It's statistics. And the odds are overwhelmingly in your favor. While it's true that less than one percent of the population marries each year, when you consider that there were more than 295 million people in the United States at last census, that's like 2 million weddings a year. And for every wedding, just think about how many people fall in love. Maybe this year isn't your year, but trust me, if a walk down the aisle is waht you want, your number is coming up. February, 2006 ELLE: How To Be Single <5>5. Embrace uncertainty.
Life is baffling. You have no idea how things are going to turn out, and really, that's half the fun of being alive. To this end, don't draw up game plans of the age at which you will marry or bear your first child. Don't make lists of criterial fro your future husband. Love is often about the ineffable. You don't have any idea who you might love or who might love you. Stop being such a control freak. ELLE: How To Be Single <6>6. The importance of being earnest.
Having worn my heart on my sleeve throughout my entire dating history, I am certain of one thing: You will never die as a result of letting a man know how you feel about him. He may not reciprocate, in which case--isn't that good information to have? He may be put off by it, in which case--isn't that good information to have? He may even be mean about it, in which case--isn't that good information to have? Know what you want. Say what you want. There's no shame in wanting to love someone. In fact, having that capacity can be a source of great joy. ELLE: How To Be Single <7>7. Get a boy friend.
In When Harry Met Sally, Harry tells Sally that men can't be friends with women because, even when a man isn't really attracted to a woman, he still wants to have sex with her. And this is the genius of a male friend--a single, straight, male friend. There's a little sizzle to the relationship, but not enough that you'd act on it and screw everything up. I am not talking about a "friend with benefits" or an ex-boyfriend. I am talking about someone you've never slept with and will never sleep with. They make you feel desirable without the actual mess and stress of casual sex. They can be your date at weddings and on New Year's Eve. They will explain the male mind to you. They will tell you you're beautiful and that you'll meet someone soon (and unlike when your mother says ti, you actually believe them because, well, they know what boys want). They teach you to be comfortable arond men and also to be more forgiving of them: If you love your best guy friend and he has hair on his back, it's harder to write off a date just because he has a few stray hairs too. Lastly, they will introduce you to their single, straight, male friends. |
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